Fiction, Medical
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It's About Luke
by Gwenyth Snow
“Mom, if there was a car accident, who would you save first?” *** Luke Poole is an ordinary boy struggling between the everyday normal and the fringe world of David, his older, severely disabled brother. They enjoy a close relationship, often...
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The Incident
by J.B. McKenna
John Paul Bennett is a happy man. His first and only marriage is strong. His teenage son and daughter have no major issues. He is a respected senior negotiator for the U.S. State Department. And, after a quick trip to Paris he’s looking forward...
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The Heart's Hard Turning
by John Farr Rothrock
This is the story of Will Rawlins, a gifted physician and scientist derailed by his passion for an enigmatic young woman who wields her sensuality as a weapon. Damaged and directionless, he drifts southward into Mexico, where he is forced to flee...
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An Individual's Innocence
The Silent Screams by James G. Yeo
From a tough life, Charles tells the story of abuse and bad choices to Tammy, his counsellor. Returning back to see Tammy three years later after being diagnosed with Schizophrenia, Charles has changed his attitude towards her and his life. With...
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Drowning in Iowa
by Gordon Self
Spending a year in Iowa was meant to revitalize their marriage, but when tragedy strikes their family, Jane Roberts and Aaron Scott come face to face with their own vulnerabilities and questions of midlife. As physicians, they are trained to help...
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Bruises
by Louise Lindley
Dr. Frances Robertson is confident, beautiful, single, independent and going on 40. When family circumstances beyond her control force her to temporarily suspend her career and her great lifestyle in Vancouver, to return to her childhood home in...
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Natural Therapies for Parkinson’s Disease
by Abdul Qayyum Rana, MD, FRCPC, FRCP-U.K. (Hon)
Parkinson’s disease is a chronic neurological condition that can become quite disabling overtime. Unfortunately there is currently no cure available for Parkinson’s disease. However, there are many successful pharmacological treatments that help...
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Sorrow's Reward
by Robert Allan Bear
Sorrow’s Reward takes place in a dialysis unit, where patients with kidney failure receive their treatment. Reflecting the spirit of Edgar Lee Masters’s Spoon River Anthology and employing fiction’s unique power, it gives voice to the silent...
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The Silent March
by C.M. Klyne
Winnipeg, 1919. The Winnipeg General Strike, the Spanish influenza and a sociopathic personality coalesce to forge a summer of strife, death and hope for a community still suffering the pestilence of the first world war. Can bacteriologist Dr....
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In A Moment's Time
by Dave Borland
Chance: the key word that describes much of what happens to Hugh Sloan in a week that changes his life forever. His doctor discovers a black spot at the base of his brain during an annual physical and diagnoses a brain tumor “in a very difficult...
